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Reddit considered decentralization

redditalienThe bitcoin blockchain could be used to decentralize media, putting it beyond the control of individual hosts.

For example, hitting a website or loading an app would turn you into a peer-to-peer client, a node on the network doing its little part to keep all the other clients talking to each other, rather than being dependent on a central host. Reddit almost did this last year, reports Owen Williams.

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